Meek Chapter NOT A CHAPTER

Congratulations! You made it to the beginning of the story!

I want to take a mont for apologies, gratitude, and a poll.

First, gratitude:

I know ek is slightly non-standard for RR, and I'm super-grateful to everyone who stuck with it this long. It ans a lot to . As a writer I should put this more eloquently, but I'm struggling. So I'll just say: thanks so much.

Which leads to second, apologies:

Posting updates at this rate is harder than I expected. I'm not a very fast writer. So I'm putting all my energy into that, and haven't spent enough ti with ... wait a minute. Apparently second is 'excuses.'

Let try again.

The apology is this: sorry that I stopping responding to comnts. If you take the ti to comnt, I should take the ti to acknowledge that. But I'm going to keep being terrible about this, because I'd rather spend the ti writing. I'm sorry.

However! If you have a question or remark to which you definitely want a response, comnt here. I will read everything in this Not-a-Chapter chapter!

Third, the poll ... is now close! Thanks so much to everyone who answered.

I guess that's self-explanatory. Please respond below!

Also ... my plan for ek is big.

I'm kind of not kidding about having just reached the beginning. There are swamps fetid with magic. There are mysterious chasms and abandoned cities and hell, maybe even a dungeon crawl. Terrible, warped creatures stalk the moons-light. There are secrets and monsters, politics and treasure. There's revenge (obviously) and battles, violence and, I hope, sweetness.

There's the Drears, the Celestials, and the Chained Angel. And of course there's Eli. Making mistakes, making friends, getting stronger. Losing his way then stumbling back onto the right path. Sowhat to my dismay, I'm not sure that this story will satisfy readers who want a steady upward arc toward power and victory. I prefer a bumpy path, with setbacks, and even so confusion and digression, on the road toward the Final Battle.

If that sounds fun to you, too, I'd absolutely love a rating, a review, a follow.